WGU D398 INTRO TO PHARMACOLOGY - DIETARY
SUPPLEMENTS | NEW 2025/2026 UPDATE |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT!!
Benefits of Vitamin A Answer - supports night vision, fights infections, heals
wounds, helps with developing body tissues and organs
Signs of Vitamin A deficiency Answer - night blindness, growth and skin issues,
bone and teeth deformities, anorexia, dry eyes, itching
Benefits of Vitamin D Answer - Essential for healthy skin, bones, nerves,
muscles, teeth, pregnancy, and helps to produce breast milk.
What does a deficiency of Vitamin D increase the risk of? Answer - Heart
disease, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, bone fractures, weak porous bones
Signs of Vitamin D deficiency Answer - unhealthy teeth, soft bones, deformed
skeleton, porous bones, muscle spasms, rickets
Benefits of Vitamin E Answer - Breaks down and uses food. Protects organs,
tissues, and blood.
What does too much Vitamin E increase the risk of? Answer - Bleeding,
especially with blooding thinners or if deficient in Vitamin K
, Signs of Vitamin E deficiency Answer - Muscle weakness in adults, irritability,
premature infant, swelling
Benefit of Vitamin K Answer - Necessary for clotting
What vitamin is giving to newborns to prevent brain bleeding? Answer -
Vitamin K
Signs of Vitamin K deficiency Answer - Decreased clotting time, petechia
(bruising), blood in urine or stool, rash from bleeding
What vitamins are fat soluble? Answer - A, D, E, K
Benefits of Vitamin C Answer - Wounds and fracture healing, teeth and bone
health, absorption of iron
Signs of Vitamin C deficiency Answer - weak muscles, muscle cramps, gum
issues, loose teeth, poor healing
Benefits of B1 (thiamin) Answer - Supports brain, nerves, heart, and blood
vessels
Signs of B1 (thiamin) deficiency Answer - Weight loss, upset stomach,
constipation, weakness, depression, tingling of hands and feet, nerve pain,
heart and circulatory problems, memory loss and confusion
Benefits of B2 Riboflavin Answer - Supports metabolism, hormone regulation,
and growth, breaks down and uses food, turns carbs into energy, creates RBC's
SUPPLEMENTS | NEW 2025/2026 UPDATE |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT!!
Benefits of Vitamin A Answer - supports night vision, fights infections, heals
wounds, helps with developing body tissues and organs
Signs of Vitamin A deficiency Answer - night blindness, growth and skin issues,
bone and teeth deformities, anorexia, dry eyes, itching
Benefits of Vitamin D Answer - Essential for healthy skin, bones, nerves,
muscles, teeth, pregnancy, and helps to produce breast milk.
What does a deficiency of Vitamin D increase the risk of? Answer - Heart
disease, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, bone fractures, weak porous bones
Signs of Vitamin D deficiency Answer - unhealthy teeth, soft bones, deformed
skeleton, porous bones, muscle spasms, rickets
Benefits of Vitamin E Answer - Breaks down and uses food. Protects organs,
tissues, and blood.
What does too much Vitamin E increase the risk of? Answer - Bleeding,
especially with blooding thinners or if deficient in Vitamin K
, Signs of Vitamin E deficiency Answer - Muscle weakness in adults, irritability,
premature infant, swelling
Benefit of Vitamin K Answer - Necessary for clotting
What vitamin is giving to newborns to prevent brain bleeding? Answer -
Vitamin K
Signs of Vitamin K deficiency Answer - Decreased clotting time, petechia
(bruising), blood in urine or stool, rash from bleeding
What vitamins are fat soluble? Answer - A, D, E, K
Benefits of Vitamin C Answer - Wounds and fracture healing, teeth and bone
health, absorption of iron
Signs of Vitamin C deficiency Answer - weak muscles, muscle cramps, gum
issues, loose teeth, poor healing
Benefits of B1 (thiamin) Answer - Supports brain, nerves, heart, and blood
vessels
Signs of B1 (thiamin) deficiency Answer - Weight loss, upset stomach,
constipation, weakness, depression, tingling of hands and feet, nerve pain,
heart and circulatory problems, memory loss and confusion
Benefits of B2 Riboflavin Answer - Supports metabolism, hormone regulation,
and growth, breaks down and uses food, turns carbs into energy, creates RBC's
